Week 2 Howard Smith Wharves (Axis) (Entry Three)

When I did my architecture walkshop, I noticed the existence of views around the riverside that framed the city in a very informal manner, as opposed to the views that you  would see if you walked through the city grid.

Riverside Sketch

City Grid (Formal)

I translated this idea of the city grid and of the imposing developments in CBD into the concept of 'SCALE' and 'AXIS'

I identified the x axis (The wide vantage point) and y (The deep vantage point) as that of human scale and the y axis (The high axis) as that of imposition and isolation. I felt that one of the ways in which these monumental structures become integrated into the city properly and within the realm of human scale was through framing and segmentation. Breaking down the architecture into a holistic piece rather than individual and dominant pieces of architecture.

In Urban Design, even a channeled path (In this case - the Brisbane Riverside) is considered Axial movement. So essentially the Brisbane City center is primarily centered around formal axis. Axial movement is determined by a line that directs movement.

Brisbane Riverside (Axial movement)